PJ Morton adds Africa to Cape Town to Cairo album tour

The announcement follows the release of the nine-track album, which was created during his trip to Africa last year. PJ Morton’s return to South Africa follows his sold-out concerts last October when he was recording the album.

The Africa leg of the tour will begin in South Africa at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town on 6 September followed by shows at iZulu Theatre Playhouse in Durban and Mushroom Park in Johannesburg on 7 and 8 September, respectively. The Treehouse Restaurant in Accra will host the artist on 11 September before he heads to the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos on 13 September and The Carnivore in Nairobi on 15 September.

“It really was an experiment in trusting my instincts,” PJ Morton said about his trip to Africa. “I have the ability to overthink, as many of us do, so I wanted to spark something that had real stakes. I wanted to capture the emotions I felt while I was on the continent, so I made a promise that I wouldn’t write anything before I arrived in Africa and I wouldn’t write anything after I left – I ended up recording all my vocals before I left too.”

About the song-making process, he said: “We didn’t have the luxury of time to police which genres would fit where, and the origins of all this music started in Africa anyway. What ended up happening was that all of my raw thoughts and influences came out all at once. There’s of course R&B and soul, but there’s also gospel in songs like ‘Simunye’, pop in ‘Count on Me’ and jazz on ‘All the Dreamers’.”

Tickets for the Cape Town To Cairo album tour can be purchased here.